Theologians and contract law : the moral transformation of the ius commune (ca. 1500-1650) / / y Wim Decock.
The Roman legal tradition is the ancestor of modern contract law but there is no agreement as to how and when a general law of contract emerged. Wim Decock’s thesis is that an important step in this evolution was taken by theologians in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. They transformed the R...
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Legal History Library
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (743 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- 1 Method and Direction
- 2 Theologians and Contract Law: Contextual Elements
- 3 Toward a General Law of Contract
- 4 Natural Limitations on ‘Freedom of Contract’
- 5 Formal Limitations on ‘Freedom of Contract’
- 6 Substantive Limitations on ‘Freedom of Contract’
- 7 Fairness in Exchange
- 8 Theologians and Contract Law: Common Themes
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Terms.